Hmmm, that is possible that it appeared somewhere else in the dials. I did deselect and reselect though. I'll keep playing with it. I am just having SO much fun with P5 now that I can actually use it. Takes a mighty machine to handle it though. :)

I mispelled it...Kristie hair. It probably is for V2 as well though, as you say. I grabbed the Netherworks utilities. The "full V3 conformer pose" is the V3 Clothing Conformer, or is that something else? Thanks!

Cancel THAT! blush For some reason I had a Poser 4 dir in my old Curious Labs directory and was dumping stuff in there instead of in /metacreations/poser4 Since I am wasting bandwidth here, I may as well ask this: I uninstalled Poser 5 but the directory is still there. I wonder if it is safe to delete it? It didn't vanish in the uninstall process. I also wonder what that Poser 4 dir is doing under "Curious Labs".

Aha, got it to work finally. Thank you all! But, instead of just white for the diffuse node, I wonder if it would be better to match that to the background of the texture jpg. Probably, eh?

aprilrosanina, I noticed you said: "Now, your image map node should have a picture of a plug in the upper right hand corner. Left-click and hold on this, and draw the mouse to the picture of a socket on the "main" node - you want the one that says "Diffuse color". " My image map node doesn't have a plug in the upper right. It has a plug in the upper left that I can draw to a socket in the main node. am I doing something wrong?

aprilrosanina, what you wrote made a lot of sense, I could even follow it! :) But, the only problem is that when I 'select all' and 'delete', the main "green" color still stays there. I am interpreting this as that the material is not being removed. I went to Material room. Selected 'bodyskin' for the mil dragon, Rclick/select all, Rclick/Delete and my Diffuse node is still green. I went ahead and followed the rest of the instructions and after I linked my image-map node to 'Diffuse', it stayed green. hmmm.

Thanks! That gives me a bit more info on various esoteric uses of the Material Room. Seems very powerful when applying materials and textures to discrete parts of a figure. So, apparently, the answer is "No, you cannot apply a complete "jpg" texture map to the Mil Dragon with Poser 5". I never should have bought the textures. Ah well, live and learn. Actually, I should just go back to Poser 4 I suppose.

Believe me if we could simplify things we would, unfortunately, our local credit card processor company (NOVA) penalizes us tremendously if we allow VISA or MC purchases of the monthly membership. Sorry for the long email, there's just too many Platinum Club benefits to adequately explain in only a paragraph or two. ;) Hi Steve, You do mean, tremendous penalties on annual purchases of PC membership on VISA or MC, right? Your statement on your site says: (2)Pay a one time annual fee of $99.95 for 12 months of membership.....(VISA and MC are not accepted for option (2) Although, it would make sense that you absorb more charges on monthly transactions with VISA and MC rather than annual, but you are disallowing VISA and MC on annual memberships...at least according to your info. The email wasn't that long. I was complaining about the length of the page describing the PC on your site! Shucks, just put all the important info at the top, organized nicely and succintly, and put all the flashy stuff down below for those that want to look at it. grin Have a great weekend! Steve

:) I can't believe that I have to hit PgDn 13 times to get to the bottom of the page that talks about how wonderful the Platinum Club is. Sheesh, just summarize it at the top and give us all a break! :) Oh, TrekkieGrrrl? At the very bottom of that inordinately long page detailing the wonders of the Platinum Club, there is some small print I just noticed. **Platinum Club Membership available in two payment plans: (1) Pay a one-time start up fee of $29.95 and 11 monthly payments of $7.95 thereafter in order to maintain membership privileges. (2)Pay a one time annual fee of $99.95 for 12 months of membership. Renewal fees are not required for option (1). To renew under option (2) a one time fee of $69.95 is required for an additional 12 months of membership. Acceptable payment methods for option (1) are VISA, MC, Discover, or AMEX. Paypal, check or money order, Discover, or AMEX are acceptable payment methods for option (2) (VISA and MC are not accepted for option (2)). *30% Discount only good on DAZ Original Items. Not good on resell, brokered, or platinum club items. Thus, I would bet that DAZ hasn't set things up properly to accept recurring payments via PayPal. You can't use a Visa or Mastercard for a yearly payment? shakes head in disbelief I'd love to learn what the rationale is behind their payment methodology. They'd probably make more money if they just simplified...set things up with PayPal for recurring payments, accepted all major credit cards, and so on. I used my Visa when I signed up for a year. hmm. Steve

PayPal can certainly handle recurring payments but I really don't see where DAZ specifically states that you can use PayPal for monthly recurring payments. You would either need to have enough of a balance in your PayPal account, or have your PayPal account setup with a credit card. Most debit cards are also credit cards and work well in this situation. That still doesn't answer your question. I really don't know if DAZ has things setup on their end to deal with recurring payments on a monthly basis via PayPal. If they aren't then it isn't difficult for them to set up. Keep calling...hopefully someone there will get back to you soon. I imagine they are overloaded with calls though. This happens to DAZ a lot, usually everytime they announce something. The info they provide either is inaccurate, incomplete or ambiguous. Not that I am dissing DAZ so much. Their website is really usuable now whereas it was a horror in the past. They provide a great clearinghouse for the Poser community...and I'm off to their site right now to see if there is anything I might wanna buy! Steve

TrekkieGrrrl, According to what Steve said above All Paypal payments are now processed automatically via paypal at DAZ. In order to place an order via Paypal. First, select Paypal as your payment method. Then, finalize your orde by clicking on the "Place My Order" button. This will then bring you to a page that has a link saying "Please click here to complete your Paypal payment." This will bring up a page showing your OPEN order and a "BUY NOW" button will appear, click on this button and then you will be taken directly to the paypal website where you can finish your transaction. After that, you will be brought back to the DAZ site and can start enjoying the benefits of your new Platinum Club Membership. (You might need to logout and then back in again in order for your membership benefits to appear depending on your browser). you can use Paypal.

"The big gift is for every Platinum Club member. If you joined recently (since July 3rd) you'll get the bonus pak within a few days in your account. If you joined before that, you'll get the pack once you renew your subscription. The Member Appreciation Sale is for everyone who's a member, new or veteran. This sale goes until August 13th, 2003 so enjoy! Steve Kondris DAZ Productions, Inc. " There is nothing in the email about any of that. I do see that sort of info if I go to the Daz site and login though. It might be good to make the "Member Appreciation Sale" clearer in the email if you want more current PC members to check it out. That notice is almost at the bottom of the page on your site as well. Hmm, when I renew, eh? I'm a newbie in the PC, just since May, so I have most of a year to go before I need to renew. I wonder if the bonus pack will be available then. Well, I'll just wait and see! In the meantime, if it is true I get the benefits of the sale as advertised, I'll have to go shopping! I was going to buy a nice recliner with teh bonus I got from finishing a project ahead of schedule but I suppose...oooh, I suppose I could just buy a few things to make me sit here longer in front of the computer screen. lol

Well, I didn't think it was for all PC members, they were pretty clear it was just an incentive to get more new PC members. I was just grousing about it in a half hearted sort of way.

That is quite true, but since I am a PC member, I'd rather not know how much better the new offers are. grin

Yeah, I got that offer in email as well. Too bad they didn't give that kind of amazing bonus offer to those of us who are already Platinum Club members. It would be nice to PC members to have those discounts. Ah well...sob...weep...lol. How to contact Daz? Well, on their site they have a link for Contact info. Here are their phone numbers. 1-800-267-5170 1-801-495-1777